The Slovene Language – How to say …?

ENG / SLO Vocabulary

Slovene is a Southern Slavic language with a 25-letter alphabet. It is closely related to Serbian and Croatian, and also shares many words with other Slavic languages. Although some words and letter combinations may appear unpronounceable at first glance, Slovene is actually a fairly phonetic language with very few irregularities – although the letters L and V can do some strange things depending on their position in a word.

Luckily, most Slovenes speak either English, Italian or German embarrassingly well, so chances are you won’t have to worry about any communication problems. However, as with most countries, attempting to use a little bit of the local language can go a long way towards winning over your hosts. Even the odd ‘hvala’ and ‘prosim’ won’t go unnoticed.

Pronunciationc – as in pizzae – as in eggg – as in goj – like y in yogurtč – like c in celloš – like sh in shipž – like s in pleasure